Colter-fastener



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E. G. EA TON.

UOLTER FASTENER.

No. 267,846. Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Oriuce.

ENOGH C. EATON, OF PINGKNEY'VILLE, ILLINOIS.

COLTER-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,846, dated November 21, 1882.

Application filed September 2, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may conoernf Be it known that I, ENooH G. EATON, of Pinckneyville, Perry county, Illinois. have invented a new and Improved Oolrer-Fastener,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. My invention consists of an attaching device for connecting the colter to the plow-beam, contrived so that it may be shifted so as to set the colter vertical upon any plow-beam, no matter how untrue it may be, and thusavoid the tedious method of wedging the connecting device up true or fitting the iron true to the beam. The vertical adjustment of the colter [5 is also facilitated by the device, as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate 0 corresponding parts in both figures.

, The colter a and the crotched arm b, in which it is mounted and by which it is swiveled to the-vertical bar c at d, are substantially the same as now in use. To connect the bar 0 to the beam of the plow, (not shown,) for attacho ing the colter thereto, I provide the bar 0 with a series of holes, 6, the holes being made through it in the plane of the colter and parallel to the plow-beam, where the attachment is connected thereto. For the bar 'thus perforated I make a connecting-plate,f, with a couple of horizontal slots, g,'through whichto bolt on this bar by bolts and nuts is, said plate.

having a flange, Z, at right angles to the plate,

to be clamped against the side of the beam of 40 the plow by the bolts m and bar a, with which it is provided.

It will be seen that the swivel-bar c, to which the colter crotch and fork are pivoted, can be shifted in the slots g, so as to set it upright, although the plow-beam may not be vertical 5 on the side to which plate Z is clamped. Said bar 0 may also be shifted toward and from the beam to alter its location, and may be adjusted forward and backward lengthwise of the beam by adjusting bolts m on the beam, and may be tilted laterally, so as to set the colter at any desired inclination, thus enabling the colter to be readily set, as required, without waste of time and labor. By the series of holes 0 in bar 0 the colter may also be readily'set higher or lower.

I am aware that it is not new to secure a standard or cultivator-tooth to a plow-beam or drag-bar by a clamp or coupling, so as to allow the standard a vertical adjustment, a forward and back adjustment of the pitch, and a lateral inclination of the standard; also, that it is not new to secure the colter to the plow-beam by a bracket provided with notches or flutings upon its outer face; also, that it is oldto combine a casting having a notched edge, guides, and a slotted base with a segmental leverand colter, but

What 1 do claim as new and of my invention is-- The combination, with the colter a, crotched arm I), and a vertical bar, 0, having holes in the plane of the colter and parallel to the plow-beam, ofthe connecting-plate f, having I the horizontal slots 9 and right-angled flange l, the bolts m, and the bar it, as and for the purpose specified.

ENOOH CALVIN EATON.

Witnesses:

J. A. Game, LEWIS H. GUDEo. 

